Topic: Dillon Brooks

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- North Carolina showed why it's the best rebounding team in the country at exactly the right time.

North Carolina is the best rebounding team in the country. Oregon is down a big guy.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Make way for the "Small Firs."

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- En route to the Elite Eight, Kansas won its three NCAA Tournament games by an average of 30 points, averaging 96 points in that span.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It was that close.

The 2017 NCAA Tournament is down to the Sweet 16 and college basketball heavyweights Kansas, North Carolina and Kentucky lead the power rankings of the remaining teams.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Derrick Walton Jr. and D.J. Wilson each sank two pressure-packed free throws during the final 10 seconds Friday afternoon and No. 7 seed Michigan held off a late rally from No. 10 seed Oklahoma State 92-91 in Midwest Regional action.

The bracket for the 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship has been released and missing from it are a handful of elite teams many expected to be challenging right through the end.

Kansas was rewarded for winning the regular-season championship in Division I's second-toughest conference behind the Atlantic Coast with the No. 1 seed.

LAS VEGAS -- Arizona sophomore guard Allonzo Trier left the court at T-Mobile Arena, arms raised, a trophy in one hand, soaking in cheers from the fans.